Socialization and Mask Project Description
So the project description for this project was we had were first introduced to socialization by learning about the cycle and how it affects others and how it affects you. After the cycle we did a lot of background on the cycle and certain stereotypes and then we started working on our essay which was where we had to write about how we have been stereotyped and how that affected us, we also had to write in our essay about how we could find a way to change and make the situation better and break out of the cycle. We then started making our masks, which is where we designed a mask that showed how we have been socialized or how we should be socialized and who we are. My mask showed half of it showing how I should have been socialized and the other half showed who I was and how I saw myself. The cycle of socialization is pretty much showing how you have been stereotyped, starting off with the beginning which when you are born you have no choice and no idea what is going on. Then there is as you grow older your teachers, peers, and family start to stereotyping you and showing you how to live. Then there is another part of the cycle where you are supposed to stay with the norm and do anything to change it, when you do stay with the norm you start to get angry or depressed which will eventually lead to destruction. Then there is directions for change or choosing to stay with the norm. There are also targets and agents, targets are the more powerful people of society and have more controlled and are daily accepted. Targets are the ones who are frowned upon and not generally accepted in every day life and are looked upon as abnormal.
My Mask
Projct Reflection
How I feel I have grown as a writer is in my essay I didn’t do as much editing as I thought I should have done, and so I have realized that if I edit more and get other people to read than I could have gotten a better grade. If I also asked my teacher more detail on what they wanted on the essay than I could have gotten a better grade. So I feel that I have grown as a writer is I have learned to edit more and even if I think that my work is perfect that I still need to edit and put more detail into it.
My biggest takeaways in this project is that as I learned I have realized that they are still bad things happening in our country due to stereotypes and acceptance issues, the stereotypes written on one side of my mask. This has helped me learn to learn to accept people for who they are and try to understand people different from me and try not to be as judgemental.
I feel that my challenges as a group worker would be leadership because I am quiet and have trouble speaking out because I am scared that I am going to be judged, I feel that I have reached my goals by being able to speak out my opinion or try to speak out my ideas as we were working on trying to design our room for the cycle of socialization. When we were designing our room I spoke out a few of my ideas and how we should organize, the room and how we should do it.
How I feel that I should grade myself in this project is maybe a high B or a low A due to group contribution because I feel that I should have spoken up a little bit more and had my ideas be heard, but I feel that I contributed to the design of the room, by staying to help through some classes and after school. I feel that because we got our room designed and I had helped with that, I feel that our exhibition was a success.
My biggest takeaways in this project is that as I learned I have realized that they are still bad things happening in our country due to stereotypes and acceptance issues, the stereotypes written on one side of my mask. This has helped me learn to learn to accept people for who they are and try to understand people different from me and try not to be as judgemental.
I feel that my challenges as a group worker would be leadership because I am quiet and have trouble speaking out because I am scared that I am going to be judged, I feel that I have reached my goals by being able to speak out my opinion or try to speak out my ideas as we were working on trying to design our room for the cycle of socialization. When we were designing our room I spoke out a few of my ideas and how we should organize, the room and how we should do it.
How I feel that I should grade myself in this project is maybe a high B or a low A due to group contribution because I feel that I should have spoken up a little bit more and had my ideas be heard, but I feel that I contributed to the design of the room, by staying to help through some classes and after school. I feel that because we got our room designed and I had helped with that, I feel that our exhibition was a success.